Bringgold v. Bringgold

Citations

• 40 Wash. 121
• 82 P. 179
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 949

Syllabus

<p>Appeal — Statement op Facts — Not Properly Indexed — Ground foe Striking. Failure to index a voluminous record is ground for imposing terms or striking the statement.</p> <p>Same — General Exception to Findings — Sufficiency One general exception to findings of fact is insufficient to secure a review of the evidence, nor is the case aided by a colloquy between the court and counsel as to the findings that should be made, when no definite exceptions appear in the record.</p> <p>Same — Effect of Failure to Except to Findings. Upon failure to except to findings of fact, the statement of facts will be retained for the sole purpose of reviewing the action of the court in excluding evidence offered by appellant.</p> <p>Witnesses — Impeachment — General Reputation — Limited Knowledge of Impeaching Witnesses — Questions as to Specific Conduct — Exclusion. A witness cannot be impeached where the acquaintance was so limited that the general reputation could not have been known, or by testimony relating only to specific conduct.</p> <p>Appeal — Review—Exclusion of Evidence — Harmless Error. In a case tried before the court without a jury, it is harmless to exclude evidence to impeach a witness, where the court states that it attaches no weight to the evidence of such witness.</p>